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| Posted: 01-17-2008 06:29 am |
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Dan Eiland Member
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As I brought up once before, my car seems to be much too high with my rebuilt suspension. I have all new polyurethane bushings front and rear with upgraded springs from DMS and KYB shocks. Since I'm having steel flares put on my car to clear the wider tires and wheels, I needed the car to sit at the finish height so I can get the correct measurements while working on the flares. The car should have 5 inches of clearance off the ground, but my car is more like 10 or 11 inches off the ground. I'm running 16 X 8 wheels in the rear with Sumitomo 245/45 16 tires and I'm running 16X7 rims in the front with Sumitomo 225/45 16 tires. There are no clearance issues in the rear but there are some on the front when the steering is turned lock-to-lock. These issues will be solved when I'm done modifying the fenders. I installed the engine and transmission into the car, which brought the front-end down a lot, but I still have way too much clearance at the frame member under the car. I had my car on my trailer today and I strapped it down until I had the fenders just about where I want them above the tires. With the car strapped down it turns out to be the correct clearance from the bottom of the car's frame to the floor of the trailer. Actually I had a little extra clearance. With the car unstrapped it looks like I need to lower the front end about an inch-and-a-half and I need to lower the rear about two-and-a-half inches. These are the measurements taken from the top of the tires to the top of the fender openings. The only conclusion I can come to is to have some springs made for my car that would lower it far enough but adjust the strength for the lowered geometry. I already have two of our local racecar suspension and chassis builders looking at my car and they both agree it is way to high and needs to be lowered. They also agree I will need to have the geometry looked at to make sure I don't have any issues on the road with the lowered suspension and wider tires and wheels. I can get all the suspension work done locally but I was wondering if there was a company out there that I could purchase a set of springs from? I recall seeing some springs on ebay about a year ago that were just the right height for my car, but I let them go and didn't bid on them. I think they were from the UK. Anyone know where I might find some lowering springs for my JH? Dan Eiland
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| Posted: 01-17-2008 04:59 pm |
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jcdean Member
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Dan, Ron Earp has had a few springs custom made for a very reasonable price. I went to gt40s.com and couldn't find the thread he posted the address and contact info in, however. He is also a member of this forum, but I don't beleive he hits it much anymore. May want to scoot over to the mid-engine guys and send him a PM Joey
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| Posted: 01-17-2008 09:26 pm |
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Joel Member
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you can just send ron an email message from this site and he'll get it. i just spoke with him via e-mail a day or two ago that way.
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